Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches 2010 - Cokesbury

the changes in practice were using instrumental
music in worship, permitting women to officiate
in worship services, and conducting the work of
the church through centralized agencies. Churches
of Christ, following this division, remained
strongly united in their belief in the inerrancy and
sufficiency of Scripture. From this standpoint,
they affirm faith in one God who subsists in three
persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; they teach
that salvation is through the sacrificial death of
Christ and is available to all who come to God
through repentance and faith, initially expressed
through confession of faith and baptism by
immersion. Churches of Christ follow the New
Testament pattern to direct every facet of the
teaching and work of the church.
Headquarters
Media Contact, Ed., Gospel Advocate, Mr. Neil
Anderson, 1006 Elm Hill Pike, Nashville, TN
37102, Tel. (800)251-8446 Fax (615)254-
7411Website:
Periodicals
Action, Christian Woman, Christian Bible
Teacher, The Christian Chronicle, Firm
Foundation, Gospel Advocate, Guardian of
Truth, Restoration Quarterly, Think, 21st
Century Christian, Rocky Mountain Christian,
The Spiritual Sword, Word and Work
Churches of Christ in Christian
Union
Organized in 1909 at Washington Court House,
Ohio, as the Churches of Christ in Christian Union,
this body believes in the new birth and the baptism
of the Holy Spirit for believers. It is Wesleyan, with
an evangelistic and missionary emphasis.
The Reformed Methodist Church merged with
the Churches of Christ in Christian Union in 1952.
Headquarters
Box 10, 1553 Lancaster Pike, Circleville, OH
43113, Tel. (740)474-8856 Fax (740)477-7766
Media Contact, General Secreatry, Rev. Ralph Hux
Officers
Gen. Supt., Dr. Tom Hermiz
Asst. Gen. Supt., Rev. Dan Harrison General
Secreatry, Rev. Ralph Hux
Gen. Treas., Rev. Bruce Crabtree
Gen. Bd. of Trustees, Chpsn., Dr. Tom Hermiz;
Vice-Chpsn., Rev. Dan Harrison
District Superintendents, West Central District,
Rev. Joe Duvall; South Central District, Rev.
Mike Holbrook; Northeast District, Rev. Brad
Dixon; West Indies District, Joseph Atherly
Periodicals
The Evangelical Advocate
Churches of God, General
Conference
The Churches of God, General Conference
(CGGC) had its beginnings in Harrisburg, Pa.,
in 1825.
John Winebrenner, recognized founder of the
Church of God movement, was an ordained minister
of the German Reformed Church. His experience-centered
form of Christianity, particularly the
“new measures” he used to promote it, his close
connection with the local Methodists, his “experience
and conference meetings” in the church and
his “social prayer meetings” in parishioners’
homes resulted in differences of opinion and the
establishment of new congregations. Extensive
revivals, camp meetings and mission endeavors
led to the organization of additional congregations
across central Pennsylvania and westward through
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Iowa.
In 1830 the first system of cooperation between
local churches was initiated as an “eldership” in
eastern Pennsylvania. The organization of other
elderships followed. General Eldership was organized
in 1845, and in 1974 the official name of the
denomination was changed from General
Eldership of the Churches of God in North
America to its present name.
The Churches of God, General Conference, is
composed of 5 Regions in the United States and
1 conference in Haiti. The polity of the church is
presbyterial in form. The church has mission
ministries in the southwest among native
Americans and is extensively involved in church
planting and whole life ministries in Bangladesh,
Brazil, Haiti and India.
The General Conference convenes in business
session triennially. An Administrative Council
composed of 16 regional representatives is
responsible for the administration and ministries
of the church between sessions of the General
Conference.
Headquarters
Legal Headquarters, United Church Center, Rm.
213, 900 S. Arlington Ave., Harrisburg, PA
17109, Tel. (717)652-0255
Administrative Offices, General Conf. Exec.
Dir., Pastor Edward L. Rosenberry, P.O. Box
926, 700 E. Melrose Ave., P.O. Box 926,
Findlay, OH 45839, Tel. (419)424-1961 Fax
(419)424-3343, Email: director@cggc.org
Media Contact, Editor, Mrs. Rachel L.
Foreman, P.O. Box 926, Findlay, OH 45839,
Tel. (419) 424-1961 Fax (419)424-3343,
communications@cggc.org
Email: director@cggc.org
Website: www.cggc.org
Officers
Pres., Pastor Dennis Hamsher, Email: dmasher@
comcast.net
Sec., Pastor E. David Green, 700 E. Melrose
Ave., P.O. Box 1132, Findlay, OH 45839, Tel.
(419)423-7694 Fax (419)423-9092, Email:
GLCdirector@cggc.org
Treas., Robert E. Stephenson, 700 E. Melrose
Ave., P.O. Box 926, Findlay, OH 45839, Tel.
(419)424-1961 Fax (419)424-3433, Email:
treasurer@cggc.org
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